Technology marches on and gives us new stuff like the Apple iPhone, and some measure of relief from hackneyed phrases such as iPod Killer. The newer term iPhone Killer may only be fresh for a short while, as a number of candidates have already come forward to challenge the device - such as the Prada Phone, as well as concepts such as the BenQ Black Box, Nokia aeon, Asus Aura and the Meizu M8.
And now we have the remarkably well-spec’d Samsung Ultra Smart F700 cell phone, which is to be shown at 3GSM World Congress in Spain in a couple of weeks. The SGH-F700 has a 2.78 inch 240×440 touch screen (albeit not multi-touch and smaller than iPhone’s 3.5inch 320×480 screen) as well as a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 5MP camera /w auto-focus, plays music and videos, has Bluetooth and HSDPA rates up to 7.2Mbps(!).
Will the F700 be the mythical iPhone killer? … probably not, as the QWERTY keyboard kills the cool…but stay tuned for the F900.
Samsung F700 Multimedia Phone – Samsung News Release, 2007 02 08
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Just obtained a Mythic for myself and are going to be receiving a single for my wife soon! It has just the correct mix of functions. just brief of a full smartphone. I’m maintaining an eye for the Captivate for any possible long term cellphone..
.prices are way too higher when released. I’ve been in high tech for 20+ years and essentially hack almost everything I very own to make it much better laptops, GPS, automobile navigation systems, etc. and yes cell phones too. Within the few days I’ve owned the mobile phone I have already set up Opera Mini, Bolt 2.1, freecaddie, Google Maps w/GPS functionality, deleted all locked unproductive apps following backing them up and absolutely modified the menu program to my exact needs devoid of all useless apps.
Casey, I wish I had your skills at improving tech products. If anything, I think I somehow make my devices less functional. (Probably because I drop them so often.)
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